Something out of Nothing: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Implicit Quantification
| Author | : Ariel Cohen |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 183 |
| Release | : 2020-06-29 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9789004432598 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9004432590 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Something out of Nothing: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Implicit Quantification by : Ariel Cohen
Download or read book Something out of Nothing: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Implicit Quantification written by Ariel Cohen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Ariel Cohen makes the novel proposal that an implicit quantifier isn’t simply an empty category, but is generated by well-defined reinterpretation mechanisms. He demonstrates how this theory naturally accounts for puzzling properties of implicit quantification.
